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Elderton Shiraz Command(1995)
- Winery:
- Elderton Wines Pty
- Varietal:
- Syrah
- Region:
- Australia > South Australia
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- oak - heavy, oak, resinous, smooth, fruit, berry, stone fruits, jam, rich, spice
Variety:
60% Shiraz + 40% Malbec
Region:
Alto Ugarteche, Luján de Cuyo – Mendoza – Argentina (1,000 mts a.s.l).
Vineyard:
10 ha planted in 1998 in own roots vines. The genetic material comes from a mass selection carried out in selected vineyards. The spacing is 2.2*1.5 m with vertical trellising and spur pruning. Drip irrigation (2,3 l/h) with inline emitters and in
Poorer soils with two lines. Cover crops are used in all the vineyards.
Soil:
Originally alluvial, the soil is a typical land flow of average depth and clayey texture, read more...with some round, smooth pebble of different sizes and basic pH.
Technical details:
Alcohol content: 14.30 % vol.
Total Acidity: 5.10 g/l (tartaric acid)
pH: 3.60
Sugar: 1.77 g/l
Dry Extract: 26,70 g/l
Wine and Food:
Serve this wine with Filet Mignon, roast prime rib, roast duck, rabbit, lamb cutlets, meatballs, ratatouille, kebab, rich pasta dishes. Cheeses: Gruyère, Manchengo, Parmesan, Cantal, Cheddar (hide)
60% Shiraz + 40% Malbec
Region:
Alto Ugarteche, Luján de Cuyo – Mendoza – Argentina (1,000 mts a.s.l).
Vineyard:
10 ha planted in 1998 in own roots vines. The genetic material comes from a mass selection carried out in selected vineyards. The spacing is 2.2*1.5 m with vertical trellising and spur pruning. Drip irrigation (2,3 l/h) with inline emitters and in
Poorer soils with two lines. Cover crops are used in all the vineyards.
Soil:
Originally alluvial, the soil is a typical land flow of average depth and clayey texture, read more...with some round, smooth pebble of different sizes and basic pH.
Technical details:
Alcohol content: 14.30 % vol.
Total Acidity: 5.10 g/l (tartaric acid)
pH: 3.60
Sugar: 1.77 g/l
Dry Extract: 26,70 g/l
Wine and Food:
Serve this wine with Filet Mignon, roast prime rib, roast duck, rabbit, lamb cutlets, meatballs, ratatouille, kebab, rich pasta dishes. Cheeses: Gruyère, Manchengo, Parmesan, Cantal, Cheddar (hide)
- Decanter
- 4/5
-
May 2008
- Very ripe, almost port-like nose. Full, ripe, sweet palate, with somewhat drying tannins.
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June 2007
- Color: Extremely dark rich plum. Nose: Sweet plumy fruit, oak and vanilla. Palate: Fresh liquorice pepper berry and vanillin oak with a lengthy dark chocolate finish Alcohol: 14.5% by volume Ageing: Cellar up to 15 years.
- Wine Skinny
- November 2000
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May 2008
- Lush and silky cherry, blackberry, toasted oak, and nutmeg run wild here. The finish will knock your socks off. Awfully good now, but this baby will cellar beautifully for the next six or seven years.
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 91, July/August 2000
- 90/100
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July 2007
- Full, deep ruby. Exotic wood spices, tar, plum, blackberry, black cherry and licorice on the nose. Sweet and dense in the mouth, but given verve by pungent minerality and firm acidity. Strong element of tarry oak. A powerfully structured wine with noteworthy extract. Finishes with pungent oak notes, good grip and very good length. Showing riper and more harmonious than a sample tasted a year ago.
- James Laube
- Wine Spectator
- 06/30/00
- 95/100
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June 2000
